Traci N. Bethea, PhD, MPA
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology

PhD, Boston University School of Public Health
MPA, Columbia University



Dr. Traci N. Bethea is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at BU School of Medicine and an Epidemiologist at the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University. She received her B.A. from Duke University, M.P.A. from Columbia University, and Ph.D. in environmental health from Boston University School of Public Health. Trained in both environmental science and environmental epidemiology, Dr. Bethea has extensive experience analyzing and interpreting data related to environmental exposures and human health. Her work has investigated health impacts related to the siting of correctional facilities, healthy housing in housing developments, particulate matter exposure in public transit systems, urban/rural status and self-rated health, and individual- and community-level factors in relation to head and neck cancer.

Her postdoctoral research has focused on cancer epidemiology and cancer health disparities affecting African Americans. In particular, Dr. Bethea has used pooled data from consortial projects to examine risk factors for breast cancer subtypes among African American women and to assess the relation of body mass index to risk of pancreatic cancer mortality among African Americans. Current work continues research on breast cancer subtypes in African American women and also examines risk factors for ovarian cancer and for sleep disturbances. New research directions involve the study of environmental and social factors as predictors of health disparities in cancer incidence and survivorship and aims to “bridge the gap” between the biologic, individual, and macroenvironmental levels.

Epidemiologist
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Slone Epidemiology Center




An assessment of whether aspirin and/or vitamin D improves breast cancer outcomes in Black women and the modifying effect of genetic variants
08/01/2017 - 12/23/2019 (PI)
NIH/National Cancer Institute
5K01CA212056-03

IndexUS: The Black Women's Health Index
03/01/2015 - 06/30/2015 (PI)
Black Women's Health Imperative




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  1. Schildroth S, Wesselink AK, Bethea TN, Claus Henn B, Friedman A, Fruh V, Coleman CM, Lovett SM, Vines AI, Sjodin A, Botelho JC, Calafat AM, Wegienka G, Weuve J, Baird DD, Wise LA. A prospective cohort study of persistent endocrine-disrupting chemicals and perceived stress. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Dec 02; 193(12):1729-1740.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38803157; PMCID: PMC11637482; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae088;
     
  2. Artese AL, Zhou X, Tometich DB, Small BJ, Ahles TA, Ahn J, Bethea TN, Breen EC, Cohen HJ, Extermann M, Graham D, Isaacs C, Jim HSL, McDonald BC, Nakamura ZM, Patel SK, Rentscher KE, Root JC, Saykin AJ, Van Dyk K, Zhai W, Carroll JE, Mandelblatt J. Physical activity and cognition: longitudinal findings from the Thinking and Living with Cancer Study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2024 Dec 01; 116(12):2009-2021. PMID: 39107910; PMCID: PMC11630529; DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djae182;
     
  3. Mandelblatt J, Dage JL, Zhou X, Small BJ, Ahles TA, Ahn J, Artese A, Bethea TN, Breen EC, Carroll JE, Cohen HJ, Extermann M, Graham D, Claudine I, Jim HSL, McDonald BC, Nakamura ZM, Patel SK, Rebeck GW, Rentscher KE, Root JC, Russ KA, Tometich DB, Turner RS, Van Dyk K, Zhai W, Huang LW, Saykin AJ. Alzheimer disease-related biomarkers and cancer-related cognitive decline: the Thinking and Living with Cancer study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2024 Sep 01; 116(9):1495-1507. PMID: 38788675; PMCID: PMC11378315; DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djae113;
     
  4. Wesselink AK, Claus Henn B, Fruh V, Geller RJ, Coleman CM, Schildroth S, Sjodin A, Bethea TN, Noel NL, Baird DD, Wegienka G, Wise LA. Persistent endocrine-disrupting chemicals and incident uterine leiomyomata: A mixtures analysis. Sci Total Environ. 2024 Nov 15; 951:175871.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39216750; PMCID: PMC11392607; DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175871;
     
  5. Mandelblatt JS, Antoni MH, Bethea TN, Cole S, Hudson BI, Penedo FJ, Ramirez AG, Rebeck GW, Sarkar S, Schwartz AG, Sloan EK, Zheng YL, Carroll JE, Sedrak MS. Gerotherapeutics: Aging Mechanism-based Pharmaceutical and Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Cancer Racial and Ethnic Disparities. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2024 Aug 28. PMID: 39196709
     
  6. Wise LA, Coleman CM, Schildroth S, Geller RJ, Lovett SM, Claus Henn B, Calafat AM, Botelho JC, Marsh EE, Noel N, Wegienka GR, Bethea TN, Harmon QE, Baird DD, Wesselink AK. Associations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances with uterine leiomyomata incidence and growth: a prospective ultrasound study. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2024 Jun 24.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38914782
     
  7. Schildroth S, Geller RJ, Wesselink AK, Lovett SM, Bethea TN, Claus Henn B, Harmon QE, Taylor KW, Calafat AM, Wegienka G, Gaston SA, Baird DD, Wise LA. Hair product use and urinary biomarker concentrations of non-persistent endocrine disrupting chemicals among reproductive-aged Black women. Chemosphere. 2024 Aug; 361:142442.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38810806; PMCID: PMC11217908; DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142442;
     
  8. Schildroth S, Claus Henn B, Vines AI, Geller RJ, Lovett SM, Coleman CM, Bethea TN, Botelho JC, Calafat AM, Milando C, Baird DD, Wegienka G, Wise LA. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), perceived stress, and depressive symptoms in a prospective cohort study of black women. Sci Total Environ. 2024 Jun 15; 929:172445.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38642767; PMCID: PMC11109747; DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172445;
     
  9. Fruh V, Wesselink AK, Schildroth S, Bethea TN, Geller RJ, Calafat AM, Coull BA, Wegienka G, Harmon QE, Baird DD, Wise LA, Claus Henn B. Non-persistent endocrine disrupting chemical mixtures and uterine leiomyomata in the study of environment, lifestyle and fibroids (SELF). Chemosphere. 2024 Jun; 357:142050.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38631496; PMCID: PMC11254384; DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142050;
     
  10. Gilmore N, Grant SJ, Bethea TN, Schiaffino MK, Klepin HD, Dale W, Hardi A, Mandelblatt J, Mohile S. A scoping review of racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic disparities in the outcomes of older adults with cancer. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Jun; 72(6):1867-1900. PMID: 38593225; PMCID: PMC11187671; DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18881;
     
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2017 NIH/NHLBI PRIDE Annual Meeting: First Place Poster Award based on highest reviewer scores on overall impact or criterion strength
2017-2019 BU CTSI (NIH/NCATS): KL2 Scholar Awardee - relinquished in 2017 for NCI K01 award
2016-2017 NIH/NHLBI: PRIDE Scholar (Behavioral and Sleep Medicine)
2016-2018 NIH/NIMHD: Extramural Health Disparities Research Loan Repayment Program Award
2014 American Society of Preventive Oncology Annual Meeting: Calle/Rodriguez Minority Travel Award for a Top-Ranked Abstract
2014 Aetna Foundation: Travel Scholarship to NIH mHealth Winter Training Institute
2013 National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/National Cancer Institute: Workshop on Pancreatitis-Diabetes-Pancreatic Cancer Travel Award
2012 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting: Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award
2005-2006 School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University: MPA Environmental Science and Policy Scholarship

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